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Abu Dhabi occupies an area of 26,000 square miles. Its long coastline - the shallow waters of the Southern Persian Gulf, extending from the base of the Qatar Peninsula in the west to the border of the emirate of Dubai on the north east, was once the world's best waters for pearling. When the pearling industry declined, oil discovery in the offshore oilfields of the Southern Persian Gulf revived the economy of Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi was also the first emirate to export oil from the Umm Shaif offshore field in 1962. On the land, it stretches south to the oases of Liwa where some of the world's largest sand dunes can be found, and east to the ancient oasis of Al Ain. This makes Abu Dhabi the largest as well as the most populated of all the emirates. More in Abu Dhabi
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Abu Dhabi is the largest of the seven emirates that comprise the United Arab Emirates and was also the largest of the former Trucial States. Abu Dhabi is also a city of the same name within the Emirate that is the capital of the country, in north central UAE. The city lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western coast. An estimated 1,000,000 lived there in 2000, with about an 80% expatriate population. Abu Dhabi City is located at 24.4667° N 54.3667° E. Al Ain is Abu Dhabi's second largest urban area with a population of more than 200,000 and located 150 kilometres inland.| Copyright @ 2007-2008 www.emiratesholiday.comAll Rights Reserved. | Powered by netlink |